Alexander C. Bennett: Kendo
Kendo
Buch
- Culture of the Sword
- University of California Press, 07/2015
- Einband: Gebunden, ,
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780520284371
- Bestellnummer: 6803150
- Umfang: 328 Seiten
- Gewicht: 584 g
- Maße: 237 x 161 mm
- Stärke: 29 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.7.2015
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Kendo is the first book in English to provide an in-depth historical, cultural, and political account of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice today as a global sport. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of "inventing tradition," which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over the course of history. Kendo follows the development of Japanese swordsmanship from the aristocratic-aesthetic pretensions of medieval warriors in the Muromachi period, to the samurai elitism of the Edo regime, and then to the nostalgic patriotism of the Meiji state. Alexander C. Bennett
Kendo
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